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Southern Baptist Pastors Plan to Bring So-called Law Amendment to 2025 Annual Meeting

Texas pastor Juan Sanchez is urging Southern Baptists to re-visit an amendment at the annual meeting this June that addresses the definition of pastor/elder/overseer in the SBC Constitution. Virginia pastor Mike Law originally presented an amendment to Article III... Continue Reading »

Open Letter to Our SBC Family (from a Group of SBC Pastors)

We, the undersigned, are Southern Baptist pastors and leaders who love our family of churches and who are grateful for the hard-won complementarian commitments expressed in the Baptist Faith & Message (BF&M). A recent decision by the SBC Credentials... Continue Reading »

Dalrymple Aims to Mobilize SBC in Abuse Prevention

As the inaugural Southern Baptist czar for sexual abuse prevention and response, Jeff Dalrymple is fulfilling a calling and a mission, packing years of leadership in the arena that has taught him how to win the battle. The Executive... Continue Reading »

SBC Executive Committee Proposes Plan for Budget Woes

The SBC Executive Committee took major steps to tackle issues that have been brewing in the Convention for several years, including addressing the financial fallout from the SBC’s response to sexual abuse, introducing a new director for abuse response... Continue Reading »

Iorg Addresses Sexual Abuse, Financial Realities in Report to Executive Committee

In a landmark address to SBC Executive Committee members, SBC EC President Jeff Iorg outlined plans for continued sexual abuse prevention and response, presented findings from the SBC’s sexual abuse hotline that clarify the incidence of abuse in Southern... Continue Reading »

North Carolina’s Daniel Ritchie to be Nominated for SBC First VP

Evangelist and author Daniel Ritchie will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting this summer in Dallas. Matt Capps, lead pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Apex, N.C., told... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists Hold Top Two Chaplain Roles in U.S. Air Force

In his first week as an active-duty chaplain more than 25 years ago, Chaplain Major General Trent Davis discovered the unique impact of the conversations chaplains are privileged to have. A young officer trainee walked into his sparsely decorated... Continue Reading »

Jim Shaddix, ‘Champion of Prayer and Expository Preaching,’ Dies at 64

Jim Shaddix, longtime seminary professor, pastor and ministry leader, died after a yearlong battle with brain cancer Feb. 1. He was 64. Shaddix had been a preaching professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for 12 years. Prior to that,... Continue Reading »

Dalrymple to Lead Ongoing Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Response

Jeff Dalrymple has been named to lead the office within the SBC Executive Committee dedicated to Southern Baptists’ long-term efforts in Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response, according to a statement from EC President and CEO Jeff Iorg. Dalrymple, 49,... Continue Reading »

Horton Previews SBC Pastors’ Conference in Interview Series

D.J. Horton, senior pastor of Church at The Mill, Moore, S.C., and president of the 2025 SBC Pastors’ Conference, launched a new interview series Monday, Jan. 20, with those involved in this year’s conference. Horton was joined by SBC... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists Hold Top Two Chaplain Roles in U.S. Air Force

In his first week as an active-duty chaplain more than 25 years ago, Chaplain Major General Trent Davis discovered the unique impact of the conversations chaplains are privileged to have. A young officer trainee walked into his sparsely decorated... Continue Reading »

YEAR IN REVIEW: Baptist Press Top Stories of 2024

During a contentious U.S. presidential election year, Southern Baptists saw two unanimous votes for SBC entity presidents and gave record amounts to missions. We witnessed one of the worst natural disasters in American history, but also one of the... Continue Reading »